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ROBERT ERNEST LOWE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 11, 1949 – May 14, 1970
Service recordRobert Ernest Lowe, of Ostrander, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Ostrander, Ohio (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 42
- JAMES LEE LOISELCorporal · May 14, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD MIREMONTSergeant · May 14, 1970
- DEREK WILKERSON PATRICKCorporal · May 14, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH PETELAPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD MIREMONTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 42
- RONALD EUGENE SCHMIDTStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 43
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.